Scan for Vocabulary p. 33-35

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p. 33, par 1
 connection
to be close

true
real

passed on
died
p. 33, par 2
 youth
young people

renovation
to fix things and make them new again

team
group

city officials
people who are voted for to run the city government

repair
fix

Brooklyn
a city in New York in the U.S.A.
p. 33, par 3
 "wasn't having it"
said no

stooping
lowering

bunch
a lot

low-down
not good

mess-work
dirty work

hardly
not a lot

mystery
something unknown or strange
p. 33, par 4
 deep down
inside her mind

afraid
scared

sign
to write your name

checks
a form of money

form
paper

permission
to give consent, or say yes

project
job or task

pride
self-respect
p. 33, caption
 personality
the way a person acts
p.34, par 1
 crew
group of workers
p. 34, par 2
 fully
all the way or completely

sketchbook
a book used to draw pictures

structures
buildings

seen
to see more than once in the past
p. 34, par 3
 matters
things

convinced
make someone think something is true

black
African-American
p. 34, par 4
 respects
ways

lonely
to feel alone
p. 35, par 1
 due
time to turn something in
p. 35, par 3
 application
a paper used to get a job

training
to learn how to do a job

perms
to make hair curly

manicures
to clean, cut, and polish finger nails

tips
extra money for doing a good job

salary
money for working

tablet
book

urged
asked
p. 35, par 4
 moist
wet
p. 35. par 5
 inhaled
breathe in air

stream
a line
p. 35, par 6
 rising
getting stronger

spend
to use time

sweeping
cleaning
p. 35, par 7
 tuning me out
not listening

stained
to make it harder to do something

frustration
a feeling of anger

disappear
go away